LATEST UPDATE: DEC 9 2007
PAGE 6, CARPC PHASE 1 DONE




YouTube video posted! Click here


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CURRENT STATUS:
[|||||||||||-] 100% - CarPC phase 1 done! / Planning phase 2

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Hi, after reading a lot, its finally the time to make my project real!

I plan to have a complete CarPC, including OBD data, bluetooth to phone, wifi, rear camera, etc.., but at this time I have simplified the scope to make it viable in short term.



PHASE 1 GOALS (current phase):
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- Audio files
- Video files (no dvd drive)
- GPS navigation
- Fabrication to host the screen in the dash



HARDWARE:
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[ OK ] CPU and MoBo: Intel Little Valley D201GLY with 1.33 Ghz Celeron processor (new) (bought at mp3car.com)
[ OK ] Mem - 1x 512 DDR 2 667Mhz (new) (already had that)
[ OK ] HDD - Notebook HDD 80.0 GB (already had that)
[ OK ] HDD Adaptor for Notebook HDs (bought somewhere in the net)
[ OK ] Keyboard - USB PS2 Mini-key Keyboard (bought at cduniverse.com)
[ OK ] GPS - BU-353 Weather-proof GPS Receiver (new) (bought at mp3car.com)
[ OK ] USB Hub - 4 port USB hub (already had that)
[ OK ] Screen - Lilliput 8" Widescreen (16:9) VGA Touchscreen - Model 889GL-80NP/C/T (bought at mp3car.com)
[ OK ] PSU - M2-ATX 160W Intelligent DC-DC PSU (bought at mp3car.com)
[NEW] Griffin Powermate Volume Knob (bought at mp3car.com)




SOFTWARE:
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[ OK ] OS - Win XP SP2 (previously was TinyXP Rev05)
[ OK ] Navigation - Destinator 6 for PCs (with Brazil 4Rodas maps)
[ OK ] FrontEnd - RoadRunner with DigitalFX 2.5 skin



OLD HARDWARE THAT WAS UPGRADED:
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[ OK ] CPU - Pentium III 1Ghz (already had that part)
[ OK ] MoBo - Intel Desktop Board D815EFV/D815EPFV (On-Board LAN & Sound) (already had that part)
[ OK ] Mem - 1x 256MB DIMM RAM (had 2, removed 1 since using TinyXP) (already had that)
[ OK ] GPS - Leadtek 9532 GPS mouse (Serial port & PS/2 port) (already had that)



FUTURE (for next phases):
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- Fingerprint reader (have that part already)
- PhoCo
- WiFi (have that part already)
- Rear-view cam (have that part already)
- OBD-I (data logging)


Thanks a lot!!!



QUICK HISTORY (most relevant):
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2007dec09 - I declare phase 1 complete! YouTube video posted!
2007dec08 - Screen noise removed (cable), done!!!
2007dec02 - Visual noise in screen reappeared, checking
2007dec01 - Trunk ready; Testing CentraFuse front end
2007oct31 - Left side of the trunk is done
2007oct27 - Dashboard parts painted, dashboard installed!
2007oct18 - Griffin PowerMate received
2007oct - Dashboard fabrication
2007oct01 - Initial tests with new MoBo
2007sep30 - Initial tests with new USB GPS
2007sep20 - Ordered new motherboard and GPS
2007sep17 - Added an USB extension from Lilliput directly to the PC without the hub; New diagram posted
2007sep15 - All wires and parts connected in the car. Day zero! Everything works!
2007sep11 - Changed project, screen in the dash, ac relocation, started cutting the Lilliput frame
2007aug05 - Started a thread to discuss eletric diagram (see Power Supplies forum)
2007jul29 - Build an ugly prototipe of the CarPC case (see page 3)
2007jul25 - Bought Kenwood auxiliary input cable
2007jul15 - Lilliput now powered via M2-ATX
2007jul14 - Installed M2-ATX in my test environment, works fine!
2007jul13 - Got an 80GB notebook HDD, will replace the previous 40GB one
2007jul07 - Found information about using Destinator 6 for PC instead of Mapmonkey, downloading and will test
2007jul06 - Replaced WinXP with TinyXP Rev05, reinstalling everything
2007jul01 - Initial tests with Lilliput, programmed the auto start function
2007jun30 - Parts received (screen and psu) from a friend that came from USA
2007jun11 - Odered the last parts (screen and psu)
2007jun11 - This worklog thread begins
2007may?? - Got some old PCs, best mobo and cpu chosen (smaller in size, but 1Ghz, all onboard)
2007jan?? - Constucted an adapter for my GPS mouse (from rj11 to serial and ps2), that was originally for PocketPC usage
2006oct?? - Bought ps2 minikey (not that important but it was the first investment on the carpc hehe)
2006????? - Started reading mp3car.com forums

Awesome!!
Look, I also live in Brazil (Florianópolis - SC) and would like to talk to you about these CarPC things.
Let me know your msn messenger id.

Valeu irmão
mande uma MP com o msn!

I opened the case in the trunk to add the bluetooth usb, put all back in place. The noise in the image reappeared #$(*&#$... I will reopen and check the cables, again...

Next weekend I will post pictures, I promise :-)

I forgot to mention that I am now testing Centrafuse (have both RR and CF installed), because the Destinator6 POIs only work in CF so far.

Did you ever resolve this new noise? What was the cause? I'm thinking about using the same box setup you have going on there but if the amp being too close to the comp is causing noise i thought of just moving the amp so its next to the sub. How is the cooling with those fans? I'm thinking about using these Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D 120mm fans instead. I wanna try and use 5 like yours but i will probably be resorted to 3. I'm putting this in my 2007 honda civic si.

Interesting i'm going in the same direction as you did. I was going to add 3 120mm fans from scythe. They run very quiet and cool pretty nicely but i will have to get the comp setup and do some thermal testing as well before i'm sure about this. I see you are using RR and testing centrafuse. Did you end up liking centrafuse more than RR. I'm having serious issues with RR at least with the freefone application and the RRmobile application. Have you had any success with that?